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INVENTORY 


OF  THE 


CONTENTS  OF  MOUNT  VERNON 

1810 


WITH    A    PREFATORY    NOTE 

BY 

\VORTHINGTON    CHAUNCEY   FORD 


1909 


T«E?'tmfVERSlTY  PRESS,   CAMBRIDGE,   U.S.A. 


This  manuscript  is  in  the  collection  of  Mr,  W.  K.  BlXBY 

inosity  it  is  now  printed 


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of  St.  Louis, 

in  an  edition  0/350  copies. 


1 


Introduction 

inventory,  now  printed  in  full  for  the  first 
time,  was  filed  in  the  office  of  the  county  clerk 
of  Fairfax  county,  Virginia,  by  those  charged 
with  the  final  appraisement  of  the  personal  effects  of  Wash 
ington  at  Mount  Vernon.  Mr.  William  C.  Lane,  librarian 
of  Harvard  University,  states  in  his  "Inventory  of  Wash 
ington's  Library"  that 

"The  original  will  [of  Washington]  is  still  to  be  seen  there 
[Fairfax  Court  House],  and  this  with  the  other  papers  men 
tioned  was  copied  into  the  large  record  volumes,  but  at  the 
bottom  of  p.  326,  Liber  J.  I  following  the  'account  of  the  estate 
of  the  late  Gen'I  Washington  with  Laurence  Lewis  '  is  found 
this  note,  -  'Inventory  and  appraisement  of  the  Estate  of  Gen'I 
George  Washington  Deceased  (ought  to  be  here  Recorded). 
For  Inventory  look  to  Wills  &c  of  August  Court  1810  filed. 
T.  C.  Nash.'  But  on  inquiry  for  the  files  of  this  date  it  appears 
that  all  the  original  papers  of  this  time  and  earlier  were  scat 
tered  during  the  occupation  of  Fairfax  by  the  Federal  troops 
during  the  Civil  War.  The  Washington  Inventory  may  pos 
sibly  have  been  saved,  but  its  present  location,  if  it  is  extant,  is 
unknown  to  the  writer." 

Fortunately  this  paper  was  preserved,  and  has  now  found 
a  fitting  niche  in  a  collection  of  manuscripts  where  it  not 


vi  Introduction 

only  will  be  free  from  accidental  loss  but  is  now  made  ac 
cessible  by  publication.  An  imperfect  copy  of  the  Inven 
tory  was  in  the  possession  of  John  A.  Washington,  of 
whom  Edward  Everett  obtained  a  copy  for  use  in  his 
"Life  of  George  Washington,"  printed  in  1860;  but  some 
leaves  of  the  manuscript  had  been  lost.  This  imperfect 
form  has  been  reprinted  several  times,  but  never  as  a 
separate  piece.  What  pertains  to  the  library  of  Washington 
has  been  fully  studied  and  annotated  by  Mr.  Lane  in 
the  volume  on  the  Washington  collection  in  the  Boston 
Athenaeum  (Griffin-Lane),  printed  in  1897. 

In  view  of  that  study  I  have  not  thought  it  necessary 
to  annotate  that  part  of  the  Inventory,  not  even  to  correct 
the  many  errors  in  names  and  titles.  The  document  is 
printed  as  it  was  written,  and  may  thus  serve  as  a  basis 
for  detailed  study  in  special  lines. 

The  document  has  a  high  personal  interest.  The 
values  affixed  to  each  article  are  purely  arbitrary,  and  are 
in  no  sense  correct  appraisals,  whether  of  the  market  value 
of  the  thing,  or  of  the  value  to  its  possessor,  from  actual 
cost  or  from  association.  The  estate  was  not  in  dispute; 
there  was  no  tax  system  which  imposed  making  a  correct 
valuation  upon  the  executors ;  and  the  formal  presentment 
of  the  list  fulfilled  the  requirements  of  the  occasion.  The 
sums  affixed  could  be  omitted  without  impairing  the  real 
value  of  the  paper,  for  this  value  lies  in  the  light  it  throws 


Introduction  vii 

upon  the  contents  of  the  house  at  Mount  Vernon,  and  in 
cidentally  upon  the  taste  of  Washington  in  gathering 
them. 

It  may  be  said  at  this  point,  that  Washington  himself 
was  not  wholly  responsible  for  the  contents.  This  is  es 
pecially  true  of  the  library,  which  had  grown  through 
gifts  rather  than  through  purchases,  and  thus  only  in  a 
slight  degree  reflected  the  personal  taste  or  judgment  of 
the  man.  It  would  give  a  very  wrong  impression  to  pass 
upon  his  reading  from  the  list  of  his  books,  for  it  becomes 
evident  at  a  glance  that  a  majority  of  the  volumes  had 
either  been  sent  to  him  by  writers  looking  for  recognition, 
or  been  bought  in  a  desire  to  assist  author  or  publisher  in 
a  venture  affected  with  some  public  interest.  Washing 
ton  was  no  reader,  and  his  only  enthusiasm  lay  in  books 
on  agriculture,  which  he  studied  and  laboriously  extracted 
with  a  minuteness  that  was  extraordinary.  As  a  young 
officer  in  the  colonial  militia  he  gave  some  attention  to 
military  books,  and  he  is  known  to  have  read  the  play  of 
"Cato."  There  is  little  evidence  that  he  cared  for  history, 
even  of  the  War  of  Independence ;  and  in  only  one  instance 
has  a  political  volume,  immediately  dealing  with  his  own 
conduct,  been  found  with  his  marginal  notes.1  An  un 
usual  instance  of  his  attention  is  that  of  the  single  word 

1  Monroe's  "  View  of  the  Conduct  of  the  Executive  of  the  United  States," 
now  in  the  Library  of  Harvard  University. 


viii  Introduction 

in  his  copy  of  Adam  Smith's" Wealth  of  Nations,"  where 
he  has  questioned  the  printing  of  the  good  Scotch  word 
"fiars,"  believing  it  to  be  a  misprint  for  the  word  "fairs." 
In  his  diaries  he  never  mentions  the  books  he  was  reading, 
and  his  correspondence  rarely  refers  to  books,  unless 
formally  to  acknowledge  a  gift  or  a  dedication,  or  gives 
any  evidence  of  a  bookish  learning.  To  speak  with  frank 
ness,  he  read  for  a  purely  commercial  purpose ;  to  fit  him 
self  for  service  in  the  camp,  and  to  conduct  his  farming 
on  a  profitable  basis.  He  never  became  a  great  general; 
and  his  agriculture  never  became  a  source  of  profit.  In 
neither  case  was  he  responsible  for  this  result.  He  never 
had  an  army  efficient  for  acting  on  the  offensive  consist 
ently,  and  a  necessity  for  using  slave  labor  balked  every 
effort  to  improve  his  lands. 

In  other  respects  the  Inventory  is  more  satisfactory, 
meagre  as  it  is.  In  the  last  forty  years  the  Washington 
estate,  as  it  was  called,  was  finally  settled  and  a  number 
of  relics  and  manuscripts  came  into  the  market.  There 
was  much  of  undoubted  value,  and  the  prices  were  ade 
quate,  so  much  so  as  to  encourage  the  fraudulent.  For 
many  years  a  rather  clumsy  imitation  of  Washington's 
writing  was  sold  to  the  unwary,  in  the  form  of  checks 
purporting  to  have  been  drawn  upon  a  bank  in  Alexan 
dria.1  This  was  an  innocent  deception  compared  to  some 

1   These  checks  were  the  work  of  Robert  Spring  of  Philadelphia. 


Introduction  ix 

that  have  been  put  forth  in  recent  years,  and  sometimes 
by  dealers  of  recognized  position,  who  could  not  plead 
ignorance  as  an  excuse.  Not  only  have  papers  been 
wrongly  assigned  to  Washington,  but  also  to  members  of 
his  family,  and  often  without  a  particle  of  evidence  to 
prove  their  origin  or  authenticity,  and  in  the  face  of  proof 
that  they  could  not  be  as  represented.  His  book-plate 
has  been  reproduced  and  inserted  in  volumes  that  this 
Inventory  could  show  had  never  been  in  his  library. 
Undated  manuscripts  have  been  assigned  to  a  particular 
year,  and  a  story  woven  round  them  that  would  grace  any 
work  of  fiction,  and  that  has  proved  of  great  profit  to  the 
romancer.  Unfortunately  this  Inventory  can  be  used 
only  within  narrow  limits  to  correct  such  offers  and  offenses, 
and  will  not  serve  at  all  in  testing  fraudulent  documents. 
The  descriptions  given  of  pictures,  for  example,  are  not 
sufficient  to  permit  a  full  identification,  but  if  twenty  por 
traits  of  Washington  are  reported  as  coming  from  Mount 
Vernon,  there  is  ground  in  this  volume  for  meeting  so 
wholesale  a  claim. 

It  is  from  the  letters  of  the  earlier  years  that  a  really 
fair  idea  can  be  gained  of  Washington's  tastes  in  house 
hold  furnishings.  A  Virginia  planter  had  only  one 
market  for  his  principal  product,  tobacco,  and  that 
market  was  in  England  or  Scotland.  Sending  his  tobacco 
there,  the  account  was  settled  almost  entirely  by  such 


xii  Introduction 

Landskip"  was  too  indefinite.  It  is  safe  to  say  that  few 
of  the  paintings  at  Mount  Vernon,  apart  from  some  of  the 
portraits,  had  any  artistic  value.  In  November  the  goods 
came  by  the  Peggy  and  Elizabeth.  The  chimney-piece 
was  in  thirty-one  feet  of  "fine  new  veined  marble,"  with 
plinths  and  iron  cramps  for  mounting  it  (£8.  6.  6) ;  the 
two  mahogany  tables  cost  £6.  10,  and  the  chairs,  described 
as  "best  gothick  chairs,  w*  Pincushion  seats,  stufft  in 
ye  best  manner  and  covered  with  horse  hair,"  were  billed 
at  £12.  12,  exclusive  of  packing.  The  landscape  was 
"after  Claude  Lorrain"  and  cost  £3.  15.  6. 

In   the  cargo  of   the  Salley,  Captain  Dick,  bound   to 
Rappahannock,  in  Virginia,  came  in  August,  1757: 

A  Bedstead  with  Mahogany  carved  and  fluted  pillars  for 
feet  Posts,  yellow  silk  and  worsted  Damask  Fur 
niture,  lind  with  Tammy,  and  carved  cornishes 
compleat,  cost  at  an  Auction £25-10 

3  pr  yellow  silk  and  worsted  Damask  Window  Curtains, 

cost  at  ditto 9. 

A  Mahogany  easy  Chair,  on  Casters  coverd  with  ditto 

and  a  Check  Case  cost  at  Ditto 3.10 

6  Mahogany  chairs,  Gothick  arched  Backs  and  Seats  of 

Ditto  and  an  Elbow  Chair  cost  at  Ditto 7.12.6 

A  fine  neat  Mahogany  serpentine  dressing  Table  with 
Furniture  Comp!,  drawer,  Glass  &ca,  hand1  Locks 
and  brass  Work 10.10 

A  fine  Mahogany  Tea  Table 3.15 

A  pr  fine  carvd  and  gilt  Sconces      7- 


Introduction  xiii 

with  Wilton  carpets  and  wall   papers  and  the  following 
china  and  glassware: 

ii  fine  oblong  china  Dishes  u/       6.1 

1  Tureen  to  match  Ditto     .  14 

2  dozn  fine  Plates  ®  \\l 1.8 

1  dozn  Ditto  Soop  do 14 

A  compleat  sett  fine  Image  china 3.10 

2  dozn  fine  wine  glasses  Ingravd 17 

6  Quart  Decanters  do  21  /  12  beer  glass  Mugs  &c  1 2/      .      1.13 

with  knives  and  forks  on  which  the  crest  was  engraved. 

A  short  time  after  Washington  wrote: 

To  Richard  Washington  [September,  1757.] 

DEAR  SIR:  Be  pleasd  over  and  above  what  I  wrote  for  in  a 
Letter  of  the  15^  April  and  10'!'  Inst'  to  send  me  one  dozn 
strong  chairs  of  about  fifteen  shillings  price,  the  bottoms  to  be 
exactly  made  by  the  Inclosd  Dimensions  and  of  three  different 
colours  to  suit  the  paper  of  three  of  the  bed  Chambers  (also 
wrote  for  in  my  last).  I  must  acquaint  you,  Sir,  with  the  Reason 
of  this  request.  I  have  one  dozn  chairs  that  were  made  in  the 
Country  neat  but  too  wreak  for  common  sitting.  I  therefore 
purpose  to  take  the  bottoms  out  of  those  and  put  them  into 
these  now  ordered,  while  the  bottoms  which  you  send  will  do  for 
the  former  and  furnish  the  Chambers :  for  this  Reason  the 
Workman  must  be  very  exact,  neither  making  the  bottoms 
larger  nor  smaller  than  the  dimensions,  otherwise  the  change 
cant  be  made,  be  kind  enough  to  give  directions  that  these 
chairs  equally  with  the  others  and  Tables  be  carefully  packd 
and  stowed,  without  this  Caution  they  are  liable  to  infinite 
damage.  I  am  Dr  Sir,  Yf  most  obed1  &c. 

G  WASHINGTON 


xiv  Introduction 

From  Philip  Bell,  Upholsterer,  was  obtained  in  August, 
1759: 

70  yds  of  Chintz  Blew  plate  Cotton  furniture   ....    £11.7.6 

54  yds  Scotch  Linnen  to  Line  Ditto 2.18.6 

a  Beach  Bedstead  colourd  all  over,  Castors,  a  strong  sack 
ing  Case  Slips  a  Compass-Rod,  Brass  Caps  &  neat 
plain  Mah?  foot  Posts,  &  a  neat  cut  Cornish  .  .  .4.14.6 

Making  a  Blue  Chintz  of  y^  Cotton  Lined 1.16 

7  yds  of  blue  Card.  figrd  Lace.  7  yds  of  white  Hessars  to 
line  the  head  and  Tester,  Ring  Tape  and  paper  to 

the  Top 1.6 

Making  11/4  Quilt  of  the  above  Cotton  on  one  side, 

Scotch  Cloth  on  the  other i.i 

2  Neat  cut  window  Cornishes       18 

Making  two  Festoon  Window  Curtains  &  covg  ye  Corn 
ishes  12 

3  doz?  of  Lace  to   ditto,  Leads    &    Owees,  28  y^8  of 
worst?  and  thrd  Line  2  Tossells,  4  brass  cloak  pins, 

studs  &  Cur*  hoops 18 

2  Wilton  Ingrain  bedside  Carpets      I.l6 

2  Neat  Mahay  Pillar  &  claw  fire  Screens  India  Paper  on 

both  Sides 2.2 

i  Neat  Maria?  Marb :  Couch  with  a  Roll  head  &  Leathr 
Casters  to  ditto,  stufft  up  in  the  best  mann*  &  covd 
with  black  Leathr,  quilted,  best  princes  metal  Nails, 
Boulster  and  2  pillows,  filld  w*  Goose  Feath  ...  7 

50  yds  of  ye  best  Royal  Matting  yd  wide 3-6.8 

a  Bedscrew       3.6 

2  fine  large  check  Mattrasses  filled  with  hair 6.16.6 

The  whole  charge  amounting  to  £48.7.2. 


Introduction  xv 

In  the  same  shipment  came  from  Richard  Fairer  some 
glass  ware  and  branched  candlesticks,  and  "  i  pair  Seasons, 
&  i  pair  Music's  figures"  for  the  sticks. 

Another  invoice  of  some  interest  came  in  the  following 
March,  for  it  included  some  articles  of  ornament.  Wash 
ington  had  in  September,  1759,  asked  his  factor  to  obtain 
for  him  8  pieces,  as  follows: 

4.  One  of  Alexr  ye  Great;   another  of  Julius  Caesar;   an' 

of  Ch?  12  Sweden;   and  a  4th  ofye  King  of  Prussia. 

N.  B.  These  are  not  to  exceed  15  Inch8  in  hight,  nor 

10  in  width  —  for  brok?  Pedim1? 
2  other  Busts  of  Prince  Eugene  &  ye  Duke  of  Marlbor^ 

somewh1  smallr 
2  wild  Beasts  —  not  to  exceed  12  Inch8  in  highth  nor  18 

in  length. 
Sundry  small  Ornaments  for  Chimy  piece. 

The  selection  showed  his  evident  taste  for  great  generals, 
and  he  was  still  ambitious  of  military  service,  if  it  could  be 
given  without  injury  to  his  claims  of  rank.  It  must  have 
been  something  of  a  disappointment  to  find,  on  opening  the 
cases,  that  his  wishes  had  been  thus  carried  into  effect: 

A  groupe  of  /Eneas  carrying  his  Father  out  of  Troy  with 
4  Statues,  viz.  his  Father  Anchises,  his  wife  Creusa, 
himself  and  his  son  Ascanius,  neatly  finisht  and 
bronzd  with  Copper ^3-3 

Two  Groupes,  with  two  Statues  each  of  Bacchus  & 
Flora,  finisht  neat,  &  bronzd  with  copper,  £2.2 
each  .  £4-4 


xvi  Introduction 

Two  Ornamented  Vases  with  Faces  &  Festoons  of  Grapes 
&  Vine  Leaves  &c*  finishd  neat  &  bronzd  in 
Copp- 2.2 

The  above  for  ye  Chimney  Piece. 

Two  Lyons  after  the  Antique  Lyon's  in  Italy,  finisht 

Neat  &  bronzd  with  copper,  £1.5  each 2.10 

The  agent  thought  some  explanation  was  necessary,  for 
he  wrote: 

"These  is  ye  best  Ornaments  I  coud  possibly  make  for  the 
Chimney  Piece,  and  of  all  the  wild  Beasts  as  could  be  made 
there  is  none  thought  better  than  the  Lyons.     The  manner  of 
placing  them  on  ye  Chimney  piece  sh?  be  thus 
A  groupe  of  Vase  ^Eneas  Vase  Groupe  of 

Flora  Bacchus 

There  is  no  Busts  of  Alexander  ye  Great  [none  at  all  of  Charles 
I2*!1  of  Sweden]  Julius  Caesar,  King  of  Prussia,  Prince  Eugene 
nor  Duke  of  Marlborough  of  the  size  desired;  and  to  make 
Models  woud  be  very  Expensive,  at  least  4  Guineas  each;  but 
I  can  make  Busts  exactly  to  the  size  wrote  for  [15  Inches]  and 
very  good  ones  at  the  rate  of  i6/  each  of 

Homer,  Virgil,  Horace,  Cicero,  Plato,  Aristotle,  Seneca, 
Galens,  Vestall  Virgin  Faustina,  Chaucer,  Spencer,  Johnson, 
Shakespear,  Beaumont,  Fletcher,  Milton,  Prior,  Pope,  Con- 
greve,  Swift,  Addison,  Dryden,  Locke,  Newton." 

March,  1761 

A  Neat  Mahogany  Square  Case  with  16  Gall1-1  Bottles  in 
ditto  with  ground  Stoppers,  Brass  lifting  handles 
and  brass  casters £17.17. 

A  Large  sizd  Baggamon  Table,  Boxes  and  Men   ...          I. 


Introduction  xvii 

In  April,  1763,  Richard   Farrer  sent  another  china  set 
complete,  of  fine  blue  and  white,  consisting  of 

11  long  Dishes      j 

24  plates,  12  soop  plates,  I  Tureen  Covr  &  Dish     .         12.0.0 
4  Sauce  Boats  4  Salts ) 

February,  1764 

12  chairs   covered   with   Leather   and   brass 

naild @  i6/  9.12 

2  Elbows  to  ditto @  247  2.8 

6  Windsor  Chairs  painted  Green j/  2.2 

10  Mats 13d  10.10 

March,  1765 

10  Mahogany  chairs  hair  bottoms 277          13.10.0. 

2  Arm  Do 40/6         4.1 

In  June,  1768,  he  asked  for  "as  good  a  spy  glass  as  can 
be  bought  for  6o/  of  a  good  artist."  A  year  later  he  wanted 
"a  large  hunting  horn,  bound  tight  round  with  small  brass 
wire  from  one  end  to  the  other,  and  secured  in  such  a 
manner  as  to  prevent  the  wires  slipping,"  quite  an  order 
for  "ye  most  fashionable  kind  of  Queens  Ware,"  and  as 
handsome  a  fowling  piece,  three  and  one-half  feet  in  the 
barrel,  as  could  be  bought  for  three  guineas.  In  July, 
1771,  he  orders  "a  candlestick  with  two  lights,  and  a  shade 
to  read  and  write  by,  such  as  they  have  in  the  Public 
Offices,  not  to  exceed  297,"  and  two  sockets  for  seals,  one 


xviii  Introduction 

to  have  topaz  or  some  other  handsome  stone,  with  the 
Washington  arms  neatly  engraved  thereon,  and  the  other, 
a  plain  stone,  with  the  Washington  crest. 

The  extracts  could  be  extended,  but  enough  has  been 
given  to  show  the  little  connection  possible  between  the 
articles  bought  and  those  listed  in  the  Inventory.  During 
the  War  of  Independence  little  was  added  to  the  Mount 
Vernon  household,  and  after  the  peace,  Washington  was 
too  much  occupied  in  making  good  the  sad  results  of  neglect 
and  inefficiency  to  buy  largely.  His  correspondence  with 
Tobias  Lear  is  suggestive,  and  that  with  Clement  Biddle 
would  add  much  to  our  knowledge  of  his  purchases.  After 
all,  the  net  result  is  to  be  found  in  this  Inventory,  and  it 
will  hardly  be  possible  to  go  beyond  it  in  seeking  to  re 
construct  Mount  Vernon  as  it  was  in  his  day. 

The  survey  is  an  early  product  of  Washington's  work, 
and  is  obtained  from  the  Library  of  Congress.  It  is  strange 
that  there  is  no  floor  plan  of  the  house  at  Mount  Vernon 
that  could  be  used  in  this  volume.  The  only  one  in  print 
was  in  such  a  form  that  its  reproduction  was  forbidden. 

WORTHINGTON   CHAUNCEY    FORD. 
BOSTON,  May,  1909. 


FIELD 
\BJEA  *  221  -1  ACRES 


An    Inventory    &c.  of  Articles  at 
Mount  Vernon 

WITH   THEIR   APPRAISED    VALUE   ANNEXED 


In  the  New  Room  D.      c.       D.     c. 

2  Large  looking  Glasses 200 

4  Silver  plated  lamps 60 

6  Mahoganey  Knife  Cases 100 

2  Side  Boards  on  each  of  which  is  an 

Image  &  China  flower  Pot    ...  160 

27  Mahoganey  Chairs 270 

2  Candle  Stands 40               830 

2  Fire  Skreens 40 

2  Elegant  Lustres      120 

2  large  Gilt  frame  Pictures  represent 
ing  falls  of  Rivers 160 

4  do.  representing  water  Courses   .    .  240 

i  do.  small  "Likeness  of  Gen!  W—  — n  100 

1  do.  Lewis  the  16^ 50 

2  Prints  "  Death  of  Montgomery     .    .  100 
2  do.  "Battles  Bunkers  Hill    ....  100 
2  do.  "Dead  Soldier"  45 
I  likeness  "Saint  John  "  15 

I  do.  Virgin  Mary 15 

4  Small  Prints  (i  under  each  lamp)     .  8 


2  An   Inventory  of  Articles 

D.     c.      D.     c. 

I  Painting  "Moon  light 60 

5  China  Jarrs 100 

All  the  Images 100 

1  Matt 10 

Shovel  Tongs,  poker  &  fender  ...  20 

2  round  Stools 6 

Window  Curtains 100               434 

[2]  In  the  little  Parlour 

i  Looking  Glass 30 

i  Tea  Table 8 

1  Settee 15 

10  Windsor  Chairs      20 

2  Prints  representing  Storms  at  Sea    .  30 
I  do.    a   Sea    fight  —  between     Paul 

Jones  of  the  Bon  Hoome  Richard 

&  Capt.  Pearson  of  the  Seraphis  10 

1  Do.  the  distressed  situation  of  the 

Quebec  &c 15 

2  do.   I   the  whale  fishery  at  Davies 

Streights  &  the  other  the  Green 
land  do 20 

I  Likeness  of  Gen!  Washington  in  an 

Ovolo  frame 4 

I  do  "La  fayette  " 4 

i  do  Dr  Franklin 4 

I  Gilt  frame  of  wrought  work  com? 

chickens  in  a  basket 20 

I  do.  do.  The  likeness  of  a  Deer    .    .  5 

i  Painted  likeness  of  an  Alloe    ...  2 

6  others  of  different  Paintings     ...  12 


at   Mount    Vernon  3 

D.     c.      D.     c. 

1  Carpet      10 

2  Window  Curtains 5 

And  Irons,  Shovel,  Tongs    &  fender  6               220 

[3]   In  the  front  Parlour 

I  Elegant  looking  Glass 60 

I  Tea  Table 15 

I  Sopha 70 

II  Mahogany  Chairs      99 

3  lamps,  2  with  mirrors 40 

5  China  flower  pots 50 

I  Gilt    Frame    the    likeness    or    De- 
marquess  &  family 100 

do.  Gen!  Washington 50 

do.  Mr.s  Washington      50 

do.  Mr  Law 80 

do.  Mr.s  Lear 10 

do.  Mr.s  W ns  2  Children   ...  50 

I  do.    Mr.s     Washington's      daughter 

when  grown 10 

I  Small  Ovolo  Gilt  frame,  contain? 

the  likeness  of  W—  — n  Custis    .  10 

I  do.  Geo.  W.  Fayette 10 

i  do  Gen!  Washington 10 

i  do  Mr.s  W n 10 

i  Gilt  Square  frame,  "The  likeness  of 

Miss  Custis 10 

1  do  emblematic  of  Gen!  Washington  10 

2  Window  Curtains 16 

I  Carpet      80 

And  Irons,  Shovel,  Tongs  &c     .    .    .  .8              842 


4  An   Inventory   of  Articles 

D.      C.         D.       C. 
[4]  In  the  dining  Room 

i  Ovolo  looking  Glass      15 

i  Mahoganey  Side  board 23 

1  Tea  Table 2 

2  Dining  Tables 30 

1  Large  Case 40 

2  Knife  Cases 6 

10  Mahoganey  Chairs  @  $5 50 

I  large  gilt  frame  print  the  "death  of 

the  late  Earl  of  Chatham     ...  50 

I  do  Gen!  Woolfe 15 

i  do  Penns  Treaty  with  Indians    .    .  15 

I  do  David  Rittenhouse 5 

i  do  Dr  Franklin 10 

I  do  Gen!  Washington 7 

I  do  Gen!  Green 7 

I  do  America 6 

i  do  Gen!  Fayette  on  Closusion  *  of 

the  late  war 7 

I  do  Genl  Wayne      7 

i  do  the  Washington  family  of  Mount 

Vernon 20 

i  do  Alfred  visiting  his  Nobleman     .  9 
I  do   do   dividing    his   loaf  with   the 

Pilgrim 9 

i  Carpet      2 

Window  Curtains 2 

Water  Pitcher 50       337     50 

And     Irons,     Shovel    &    Tongs    & 

Fender     8 

1  Conclusion  ? 


at   Mount    Vernon  5 

D.    c.       D.     c. 
[5]  In  the  Bed  Room 

i  looking  Glass      .    .  10 

i  small  Table     ....  5 

i  Bed,  Bedstead  &  Mattrass  ....  50 

4  Mahoganey  or  Walnut  Chairs     .    .  8 
I  large  gilt  frame  "a  battle  fought  by 

Cavalry  " 30 

Window  Curtains    &   V.    Blind     .    .  i     50 

i  Carpet      5               109     50 

And      Irons,      Shovel      Tongs     & 

Fender l  4 

In  the  Passage 

14  Mahoganey  Chairs  @  $5 70 

Print  "Diana  deceived  by  Venus  "  5 

do  "Adonis  carried  off  by  Venus  "  5 

do  "The  dancing  Shepherds  "     .    .  5 

do  "Morning" 5 

do  "Evening"    .  8 

do  "  a  View  on  the  River  Po  in  Italy  8 

do  "Constantine's  Arch 8 

do.  "Gen1  Washington 25 

do  "The  Key  of  the  Bastile  with  its 

Representation 10 

I  Thermometer 5 

4  Images  over  the  door 20 

I  Spye  Glass      5               179 

In  the  Closet  under  the  Stair  Case 

I  fire  Skreen 2 

i  machine  to  scrape  shoes  on      ...  2 

1  A  line  added. 


6  An    Inventory   of  Articles 

D.     c.       D. 
In  the  Piazza 

30  Windsor  Chairs      30  34 

[6]  From   the    foot    of  the    Stair 
case  to  the  Second  floor 

i  Gilt    frame    Print    "The    musical 

Shepherds  " 10 

i  do  Moonlight 10 

i  do  "Thunder  Storm  " 10 

i  do  "Battle  of  Bunkers  hill  "...  5 

i  do  "Death  of  Montgomery  "  ...  15 

In  the  Passage  of  the  Second  floor 

i  Looking  Glass 4  54 

In  the  first  Room  on  the  second 
floor 

I  dressing  Table 8 

6  Mahoganey  Chairs 15 

Bed,  Bedstead  &  Curtains 75 

Window  Curtains i 

i  Large  looking  Glass      15 

i  Print  "Gainsborough  forest     ...  8 

i  do  Nymphs  bathing 8 

i  do  Hobimas  Village  " 6 

i  do  "Storm" 7 

I  Carpet      5 

Wash  bason  &  Pitcher I 

And     Irons,     Shovel,     Tongs     & 

fender      5  154 


at   Mount    Vernon  7 

D.    c.       D.     c. 
In  the  Second  Room 

I  Armed  Chair 6 

Bed,  Bedstead,  Curtains    &  Window 

Curtains      70 

I  looking  Glass      15 

I  dressing  Table 8 

Likeness    of   Gen!  Fayette     ....  50 

i  Carpet      10 

4  Chairs      6 

Wash  bason  &  Pitcher i 

And  Irons,  Shovel  Tongs  &  fender  .  4  170 

[7]  In  the  third  Room 

6  Mahoganey  Chairs 24 

I  Bed,  Bedstead  &  Curtains  ....  85 

Window  Curtains i 

Chest  of  drawers 15 

I  Looking  Glass 6 

I  wash  stand,  bason  &  bottle     ...  4 

Carpet 7 

I  Print  "the  Young  Herdsman  "   .    .  55° 

i  do  "The  flight" 5     50 

i  do  "Morning" 55° 

I  do  "Evening" 55° 

And  Irons  Shovel  Tongs  &  fender     .  4     50       168     50 

Fourth  Room 

5  Mahoganey  Chairs 16 

i  Bed,  Bedstead  and  Curtains  ...  77     5° 

Window  Curtains      2 

I  Close  Chair  6 


8  An   Inventory  of  Articles 

D.    c.       D.     c. 

I  Pine  dress§  Table      I 

Carpet 10 

I  Large  Looking  Glass 15 

I  Print  "Sun  rising" 6 

I  D?    "  do  Setting " 6 

i  DO  "Cupid's  Pastime" 6 

i  D?  "Cottage" 6 

i  D?  "Herdsmen" 6 

i  Wash  bason  &  Pitcher i     50 

And  Irons,  Shovel,  Tongs  and  fender  4     50       163     50 

[8]  In  the  Small  Room 

i  Dressing  Table 3 

i  Wash  Stand 4 

3  Windsor  Chairs      i     50 

I  Bed  &  Bedstead .  40 

1  Dressing  Glass 3  51     50 

Glass  &  China  in  the  China  Closet  up 

Stairs  &  that  in  the  Cellar  .    .    .  850 

In  the  Garret 

Room  N°  i. 

2  Windsor  &  2  old  Mahoganey  chairs  I     50 
Bed  &  bedstead        30 

1  Small  mahoganey  Table 2 

And  Irons,  Shovel,  Tongs  &  fender  i  34    50 

NO    2. 

3  Chairs      2 

2  Tables      4 

i  Book  Case 4 

i  Bed,  Bedstead  &  Mattrass   ....  35  45 


at  Mount    Vernon  9 

D.    c.       D.     c 
Lumber  Rooms. 

2  Bedsteads        2 

3  Beds  $40 1 20 

5  Mattrasses 130 

Parcel  old  Carpets     ...  30 

3  Chairs      I 

6  Trunks     

3  Large  Chests 7 

16   Volumes   Journals   of  Congress  & 

others 3 

2  fire  Skreens 2 

6  hair  Trunks 6 

1  Leather  do      ....  I 

2  Painted  Presses      6 

4  Traveling  Chests 6 

[9]  2  marble  Tables  .  25 

I  Straw  matt      5 

23  Pictures  "Seasons" 23 

I  Bedstead 75 

5  Small  Trunks 2 

1  Old  Side  Saddle     .  4 

2  Sets  Platteaux     ....  100 
2  fire  Skreens 

1  Warming  Pan i 

2  Mahoganey  Stands  for  Skreens  .    .  5 
2  (Surveyors)  machines  6 

6  flat  Irons I               501     75 

In  the  Passage 

1  Leather  Couch 4 

2  hair  Trunks 5 

I  Arm'd  Chair   .  2                  II 


io  An   Inventory   of  Articles 

D.    c.       D. 

In  the    Room    Mr.s  W n  now 

Keeps. 

I  Bed  Bedstead  &  mattrass     ....  50 

i  Oval  looking  Glass io 

i  fender 2 

And  Irons,  Shovel  &  Tongs    ....  2 

3  Chairs      3 

i  Table 3 

I  Carpet  3                 73 

In  the  little  passage  on  the  Second 

floor  next  to  Mr.8  W ns 

Old  Room 

3  Pictures  nailed  to  the  house. 

In  Mr.8  W ns  Old  Room. 

i  Bed  Bedstead  &  Curtains      ...  70 

i  Glass      2 

i  Dressing  Table 6 

I  Writing      do 25 

i  do  Chair 2 

i  Easy  Chair io 

[io]  2  Mahoganey  Chairs 4 

A  Time  piece 100 

i  Chest  of  drawers      30 

6  Paintings  of  Mr.s  W ns  family 

10$ 60 

5  Small  drawings 2     50 

i  Picture  "Countess  of  Huntington  75 

I  do.  "Gen!   Knox  .  I 


at   Mount    Fernon  1 1 

D.    c.       D.     c. 

i  do  "A  Parson" i 

5  Small  Pictures      2               316     25 

In  the  Closet. 

2  leather  Trunks 2O 

i  Mahoganey  do 20 

Wash  bason      50 

i  Close  S 1 3 

And  Irons,  Shovel  Tongs  &c.    .  8                 51     50 

In  the  Study 

7  Swords  &  i  blade 120 

4  Canes 40 

7  Guns  35 

ii  Spye  Glasses 110 

I  Tin  canister  draw?  Paper  ....  50 

Trumbuls  Prints      36 

i  Case  Surveyors  Instrum1.5  ....  10 

I  Traveling  Ink  Case 3 

i  Globe  5 

i  box  com?  2  Paper  moulds      ...  25 

i  Picture 3 

i  Chest  of  Tools 15 

i  Bureau 7 

i  Dress&  Table 40 

[ll]   i  Tambour  Secretary 80 

i  Walnut  Table 5 

i  Copying  press 30 

i  Compass-Staff  &  2  Chairs     ...  30 

i  Old  Copying  press 1 1 

1  Case  Dentists  Instrum1.8      ....  10 

2  Setts  money  weights 20 


1 2  An   Inventory   of  Articles 

D.      C.          D. 

i  Telescope 50 

i  Box  Paints  &c 15 

I    Bust  of  General  Washington   in 

plaister  from  the  life 100 

i  do  Marble 50 

1  Profile  in  plaister 25 

2  Seals  with  Ivory  handles    ....  8 

i  Pocket  Compass 50 

i  Brass  Level 10 

I  Japan    box    contain^    a     masons 

Apron 40 

I  Small  case  contain?  2  Straw  rings    ) 

i     75 

I  Farmers  Luncheon  box  ) 

I  Silk  Sash  (Military) 20 

I  Velvet  housing  for  a  saddle  &  hol 
sters  trimed  with  silver  lace  .  .  5 

i  Piece  of  Oil  cloth  cont?  orders  of 

Masonry 50 

Some  Indian  presents 5 

In  the  Iron  Chest 

Stock  of  the  U.  S. 

Six  pr  Cent  Stock         3746  $ 

DO  Deferred     1873    ) 

3  p.  cl  2946  )  ^  6246 

D°  of  Bank  of  Columbia 

170  Shares  ©40$ 6800 

D°  Bank  of  Alexandria 

25  Shares  @  200  $ 5000 

D°  James  River  company 

5  Shares  @  100  $ 500 


at   Mount    Vernon  1 3 

D.    c.       D.     c. 

D°  Potomac  Company 

24  Shares  @  £100  StS     ....  10,666 

Cash 254     70 

I  Set   of    Shoe    and    knee    buckles 

Paste  in  Gold 250 

1  pr  Shoe  &  knee  buckles  silver  .    .  5 

2  Gold  Cincinnati  Eagles 30 

[12]    i  Diamond  Eagle  do 387 

i  Gold  watch,  chain,  2  Seals  &  a  key  175 

i  Compass  in  a  brass  Case    ....  50 

i  Gold   box   presented   by  the  Cor 
poration  of  New  York  ....  100 

I  Large  Gold  medal  of  Gen1  Wash"  150 

I  Gold  medal  of  St  Patrick  Society 

i  Gold     (or    other    metal)     antient 

medal 2 

1 1  Medals  in  a  Case 50 

I  large  medal  of  Paul  Jones      ...  4 

3  Other  metal  medals i 

i  Brass  engraving  of  the  Arms  of  the 

U.  States 10 

i  Pocket  Compass 5 

i  Bust  in  Plaster  of  Paul  Jones    .    .  20 

i  Case  Instruments,  Parallel  rule  &c  17     50 

1  Pocket  Book 5 

2  Pine  writing  Tables 4 

I  Circular  Chair      20 

i  box  Military  figures 2 

1  Brass  model  Cannon 15 

2  Brass  candlesticks 2 

2  horse  whips 4 


14  -An   Inventory  of  Articles 

D.    c.       D. 

I  pr  Steel  Pistols 50 

i  Copper  Wash  bason 75 

i  Chest  &  its  contents  (Gloves  &c)  .  100 

i  Fan  Chair  * 2 

I  Writing  Stand  &  apparatus   ...  5 

i  (Green)  field  Book      25 

Balloon  flag      i 

Tongs  Shovel  &  fender      i 

A  Painted  likeness  of  Lawc  W n  10 

i  Oval  Looking  Glass 2 

3  pr  Pistols 50 

1920     75 
[13]  Library 

CASE  NO  i.  V? 

American  Encyclopaedia       18     4to  150 

Skambeaud  Dictionary           i       "  75° 
Memoir     of     a     map. 

Hindostan     ....       I       "  8 

Young's  Travels      .    .    .       i  4 

Johnsons  Dictionary   .    .       2       "  10 

Gutheries  Geography             2      "  20 

Elements  of  Riging     .    .       2  20 

Principles  of  taxation      .        I  2 

Luzac's  Oration  ....       i       "  i 

Mawes  Gardner  .    .    .    .       i  4 

Geofreys  Aerial  Voyage  .       i  i 

Beacon  Hill      i       "  i 

Memoirs   of  the  Ameri 
can  Academy  (one  of 

which  is  a  pamphlet)       2       "  3 
1  Chain  ? 


at   Mount    Vernon                      1  5 

D.      C.         D.       C. 

Du  Hamels  husbandry   . 

I     410 

2 

Langley  on  Gardening   . 

I 

2 

Price's  Carpenter     .    .    . 

I 

I 

Count  de  Grace  .... 

I       " 

I 

Miller's    Gardners    Dic 

tionary  

I       " 

5 

Gibsons  diseases  of  horses 

I       " 

3 

Rumfords  Essays     .    .    . 

3 

Millers  Tracts      .... 

i     8vo 

2 

Rowleys  works     .... 

4 

12 

Robertsons  Charles  the5fh 

4 

16 

Gordons  history  of  Amer 

ica       

4      " 

12 

Gibbons  Roman  Empire 

6      " 

18 

Stanyans  Grecian  history 

2        " 

2 

Adams's  Rome     .... 

2         " 

4 

Andersons  Institute     .    . 

I         " 

2 

Robertsons  America    .    . 

2         " 

4 

Gen'  Washingtons  letters 

2         " 

4 

Ossian's  Poems    .... 

I         " 

2 

Humphrey's  works      .    . 

I         " 

3 

King  of  Prussia's  works 

'3      " 

26 

[14]   Gillies  Frederick  .    .    . 

i      " 

1     5° 

Goldsmiths  natural  history 

8      " 

12 

Locke  on  Understanding 

2        " 

3 

Shiply's  Works     .... 

2        " 

4 

Buffon's   natural   history 

abridged    

2        " 

4 

Ramsay's  history     .    .    . 

2        " 

2 

The     Bee    the     13^     vl 

missing      

18      " 

34 

1 6  An   Inventory  of  Articles 

D. 


D. 

c. 

Sullies  memoirs    .... 

6     8vo 

9 

Fletchers  Apeal    .... 

i       " 

i 

History  of  Spain      .    .    . 

2        " 

3 

Porteus  Sermons      .    .    . 

2        " 

2 

Chapman  on  education   . 

I         " 

75 

Smiths  wealth  of  nations 

3        " 

4 

5° 

History  of  Louisiana  .    . 

2         " 

2 

Warrens  Poems    .... 

I         " 

50 

Junius's  Letters   .... 

I         " 

I 

City  Addresses     .... 

I 

I 

Conquest  of  Canaan   .    . 

I 

I 

Shakespears  Works     .    . 

I         " 

2 

Antidotes  to  Deism     .    . 

2        " 

I 

Memoirs  of  2500     .    .    . 

I         " 

75 

445 

50 

IN  CASE  NO  2. 

Forests  Voyage    .... 

I     4to 

3 

Don  Quixote    

4 

12 

Furgusons  Roman  History 

3 

12 

Watsons      History     of 

Philip  ?rd  . 

i      " 

4. 

T 

Barklays  Apology    .    .    . 

i 

3 

Uniform  of  the  forses  of 

Great  Britain  in  1742 

i      " 

20 

Otways  Art  of  War    .    . 

i 

3 

Political  State  of  Europe 

8    8vo 

20 

Winchesters  Lectures 

4 

6 

Principles  of  Hydrolics   . 

2         " 

2 

[15]  Leigh  on  Opium    .    .    . 

I 

75 

Heth's  memoirs    .... 

I 

2 

American  Museum      .    . 

IO         " 

IS 

at   Mount  Vernon                       17 

D.    c.       D.     c. 

Vertots  Rome 2  8vo            2 

Hartes  Gustavus      .    .    .  2  "               2 

Moores  Navigation      .    .  i  2 

Graham  on  Education     .  I  2 
History    of   the    Mission 

among  the  Indians  in 

NO  America  .    .    .    .  I  2 

French  Constitution    .    .  i  i     50 

Wyntrops  Journal    .    .    .  i  i     50 

American  Magazine    .    .  2  "               4 

Watts's  Views i  410           20 

History       of      Marshall 

Turenne 2  8vo            2 

Ramsays    Revolution    of 

S°  Carolina    ....  2  "              2 

History  of  Quadrupeds  I  "               i     50 

Carvers  Travels       .    .    .  i  i     50 

Moores  Italy 2  "               3 

D?  France 2  "              3 

Chastelleaux  Travels  .    .  i  i 

Chareloix  Voyage    .    .    .  i  i 

Volneys  Travels  ....  2  "               3 

Ditto  Ruins      i  i     50 

Warvills  voyage  in  French  3  "               3 
Warvills  in  the  relation  of 

France  &  the  U.  S.  i 

607    75 

No   3. 

Miscellanies      i  410              i 

Fulton  on  Small  Canals 

&  Iron  Bridges    .    .  I  3 


i  8  An   Inventory  of  Articles 

D.    c.       D.     c. 

Liberty  a  Poem   ....  I      410  50 

Hazards     collection    of 

State  Papers     .    .    .  2       "  5 

Youngs  Travels   ....  2       "  4 

Wests  Discourse  .    .    .    .  I  2 

[16]  A  State  of  the  Represen 
tation  of  England  & 

Wales i       "  50 

Miscellanies      2       "  2 

Political  Pieces     .    .    .    .  i  I 

Treaties i  50 

Annual  Register  for  1781  i     8vo  75 

Masonic  Constitution      .  I     410  i 

Smiths     do i       "  50 

Prestons  Poems    ....  2       "  i 

History  of  the  U.  S.  1796  i     8vo  50 

Parliamentory  debates    .  12  6 

Mairs  Book-keeping    .    .  i  i     50 

Parliamentory  Debates  .  I  50 

Plays  Mrs  Lewis's    ...  i       " 

Miscelanies i  I 

Proceedings    of    the    E. 

India  Compy    .    .    .  i      fol  4 

Ladies  Magazine  (Taken 
by  Bushd  Washing 
ton)  2  8vo  3 

Parliamentory  Register  7       "  35° 

Pryors  documents    .    .    .  2       "  2 

Remembrancer     ....  6  3 

European  Magazine    .    .  2  3 

Columbian  ditto  ....  5  10 


at   Mount    Vernon 


American  do    (taken    by 

Judge  Wn)    ....        I 

New  York  do I 

Christians  do I 

Walker  on  Magnetism     .        I 
Monroe's  view  of  the  Ex 
ecutive   i 

Massechusets    Magazine 
(taken      by      Judge 

W n) 2 

A    5    Minutes    Ansf  to 
Paynes  letter  to  Gen! 

W n i 

Political  Tracts    ....        I 
Proceedings    on     Parlia- 

mentory  Reform      .        I 
Poems  on  Various  Sub 
jects   I 

Plays  &c I 

Annual  Register  ....       3 
Botanico    Medical  diser- 

tation 

Oracle  of  Liberty    .    .    . 

[17]  Cadmus 

Doctrine  of  projectiles 
Patricus  the  Utilist  .  . 
Ahymen  Rezon  .... 
Sharp  on  Prophecies  .  . 
Minto  on  Planets  .  .  . 
Sharp  on  the  English 
Tongue  


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2 
2 
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D. 


50 

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75 
5° 

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An   Inventory  of  Articles 

D.    c. 


D. 


DO      on      limitation      of 

Slavery  

i     8vo 

1     5° 

Dp  on  the  Peoples  rights 

I 

i 

D?   Remarks    

I 

50 

National  defence      .    .    . 

I 

50 

Sharps  free  Military    .    . 

I 

50 

D?   on   Congressional 

Courts  &c  

I 

75 

Ahymen  Rezon    .... 

i 

i 

Vision    of   Columbus,    2 

Setts  

I       " 

50 

Wilsons  Lectures     .    .    . 

I 

75 

Miscellanies      

i 

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The  Contrast  a  Comedy 

I 

75 

Sharp    an    appendix    on 

Slavery  

I 

5° 

Muirs  tryal  

I 

75 

End  of  Time    

I 

75 

Erskins     view    of    the 

War   

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Political  Magazine  .    .    . 

3      " 

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The  law  of  Nature      .    . 

I    I2mo 

75 

Washingtons  legacy     .    . 

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Political  Tracts    .... 

i     8vo 

America     

i       " 

Proof  of  a  Conspiracy    . 

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50 

Mackintosh's  defence 

i 

Miscellanies      

i 

Mirabeau      

i 

Virginia  Journal      .    .    . 

i     410 

Miscellanies 

i     8vo 

2<J 

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D.    c. 

Poems  &c i     4to  i 

Morses  Geography  ...  i     8vo  2 

Messages  &c i  i 

History  of  Ireland   .    .    .  2       "  2 

Hartes    Works     .    .    .    .  i  i     25 

Political  Pamphlet  .    .    .  I  i 

Burnes's  Poems    .    .    .    .  I  2 

[18]  Political  Tracts  ....  i     8vo  75 

Miscellanies      i  i 

Higgans  on  Cements  .    .  I  i 

Repository 2  3 

Reign  of  George  the  3^  i  i 

Political  Tracts    ....  I       "  i     25 

Tar  Water i  75 

Minots  History     ....  I  75 

Mease  on  the  bite  of  a 

Mad  dog i  75 

Political  Tracts    .    .    .    .  i  i 

Reports i  i     50 

Revolution  of  France      .  I  i 
Essay  on  Property  .    .    .  i                        i 
Sir  Henry  Clintons    nar 
rative     i                        i 

Lord  Norths  Administra 
tion      I  i     50 

Lloyds  Rhapsody     .    .    . 

Tracts 

Inland  Navigation    .    .    . 

Chesterfield  letters  ...  50 

Smiths  Constitution     .    .  410 

Morses  Geography  ...  2     8vo  4 


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22  An  Inventory  of  Articles 

D.    c.       D.     c. 

Belknaps   American    Bi 
ography   (taken  out 


uy    j  uugc    »                n  )  . 

4,          U  VVJ 

5 

DO     History      of     New 

hampshire     .... 

I     " 

2 

DO                  DO 

3      " 

5 

Minots       History      of 

Massachusetts      .    . 

I     " 

2 

Jenkinsons   collection   of 

Treaties     

3      " 

6 

District  of  Maine    .    .    . 

i 

I 

5° 

Gullivers  Travels     .    .    . 

2         " 

I 

CO 

Tracts  on  Slavery    .    .    . 

I         " 

I 

Priestleys  evidences     .    . 

I         " 

I 

Life  of  Buncle     .... 

2        " 

3 

Websters  Essays      .    .    . 

I         " 

i 

CQ 

Bartrans  Travels  (taken 

fit  1+  nvr    1  1  1  /"i  rr/^>  V\/                ri 

I         " 

2 

out  oy  i  uogc  vv 

Bossu's     do      

2         " 

3 

Situation  of  America  .    . 

I         " 

i 

JefFersons  Notes  .... 

I         " 

i 

5° 

["19!  Coxes  view     

I         " 

i 

50 

Ossians      Poems      (Mrs 

Wn-^ 

I         " 

i 

50 

Adams  on  Globes    .    .    . 

I         " 

2 

Pikes  Arithmetic      .    .    . 

I         " 

2 

Banaby's   Sermons    & 

Travels      

I         " 

I 

Champion  on  Commerce 

I         " 

I 

804 

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Browns  Bible I     fo'  15 

Bishop  Wilsons  ditto  .    .  3       "  60 

Ditto     do     works       .    .  i  15 

Laws  of  New  York     .    .  2       "  12 

D9  of  Virginia      ....  2       "  3 

Middletons  Architecture  i  3 

Millers  naval  ditto  .    .    .  i  4 

The  Senators  Remem 
brancer  i  3 

The  Origin  of  the  Tribes 

of  Nations  in  America  i  8vo  75 

A  Treatise  on  the  prin 
ciples  of  Commerce 

between  Nations  .  i  50 

Annual  Register  .    .    .    .  i  50 

Genj  Washingtons  Letters  2       "  4 

Insurrection      i  50 

American  Remembrancer  3       "  i     50 

Epistles  for  the  ladies     .  i  50 

Discourses  upon  Com 
mon  Prayer  .  .  .  i  25 

The  try  al  of  the  7  Bishops  I  50 

Lebaines  Surveyor  .    .    .  i      fol  i 

Sharps  Sermons   ....  i     8vo  50 

Muirs  discourse   .    .    .    .  i  75 

Emblems  Divine  & 

Moral i  "  i 

Yoricks  Sermons      .    .    .  2       "  i 

D'  Ivornois  on  Agricul 
ture,  Colonies  and 

Commc  i  75 


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D.    c.        D. 

Pocket  Dictionary       .    .        I     8vo  25 

Prayer       Book        (Mr.s 


YY               nay    

Royal  English  Grammar 
Principles  of  Trade  Com 
pared      

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Dr  Morses  Sermon      .    . 
'  Duche's  Sermon,  1775    . 
fsol  Sermons       

Hales         contemplations 
moral  and  divine    . 
Sermons     

Embassy  to  China  .    .    . 
Warrens  Poems        .    .    . 
Sermons     
Humphrey  Clinker      .    . 
Poems    

Swifts  Works 

History  of  a  foundling  (3d 
wanting) 

O' 

Adventures       of      Tele- 
machus      

Nature  displayed     .    .    . 
Solyman  and  Almenia 
Plays          

The  high  German  Doctor 
Benezets  Discourse     .    . 
Life    and    Death   of  the 
Earl  of  Rochester    . 

948    oo 


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D.    c.       D.     c. 

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Journals    of  the    Senate 

and  House  of  Represts  9      fol.          27 

Laws  of  the  U.  States  7       "            28 

Revised     Laws    of    Vir 
ginia  I                      10 

Acts     of     Virginia     As 
sembly  5       "               i 

Crutwells  concordance    .  I                       5 

Dallas's  Reports      ...  I     8vo             3 

Swifts  System 2       "               3 

Journals    of   the    Senate 

and  house  of  Represts  3                       6 

State  Papers I       "               2 

Burn's  Justice      ....  4                     12 

Martins  law  of  Nations  .1  i     50 

View  of  the  British  Cus 
toms  i                        i 

Debates  of  Congress   .    .  3       "               4     50 

Journals  of     do  ....  13       "             40 

Laws  of  the  United  States  3       "              6 

Kirbys  Reports    .    .    .    .  i                       2 

Virginia  Justice    .    .    .    .  i                        i 

DO  Laws i       "               i 

Dogge  of  Criminal  Law  3       "               45° 

Laws  of  the  U.  States  2       "              4 

Debates  of  the  State  of 
Massechusets  on  the 

Constitution      .    .    .  i                             50 
[21]  Sharp    on    the    law   of 

Nature i                            25 


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An   Inventory   of  Articles 


D°  on  the  law  of  Ret 
ribution  i  8vo 

On  Libels  and  Juries      .        I 

Acts  of  Congress      ...       I 

Debates  of  the  Conven 
tion  of  Virga  ...  i 

The  Landlords  law      .    .       i   izmo 

Attorneys  Pocket  Book  .       2     8vo 

Presidents  Messages    .    .        I 

Jays  Treaty      i 

Debates  of  the  Conven 
tion  of  Massechuts  .  I 

Law  against  Bankrupts  .        I 

Debates  in  the  Conven 
tion  of  Pennsylvania  I 

D°  in  Virginia      ....        i       " 

D°  in  the  house  of  Rep 
resentatives  of  the 
United  States  with 
respect  to  their  power 
on  Treaties  ....  I 

Sundry  Pamphlets  con 
taining  messages 
from  the  President 
to  Congress  &c  &c 
&c  &c 

N°  7 

Orations I     410 

Original  and  present  State 

of  man  i     8vo 


D.     C. 

25 
25 

75 

50 
25 


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II2O 


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D.      C.          D.       C. 

Gospel  News    

I     8vo 

I 

Mosaical  Oration     .    .    . 

i       " 

75 

Sermons     

2         " 

i     50 

Political  ditto   

3      " 

2      25 

Miscellanies      

i 

75 

Ray  on   the   wisdom   of 

God  in  Creation 

i      " 

i 

Orations      

i      " 

75 

Medical  Tracts    .... 

2         " 

i     50 

Masonic  Sermons    .    .    . 

I         " 

50 

Miscellanies      

I         " 

75 

Backus's  history  .... 

I         " 

i 

Sick  Man  visited      .    .    . 

I         " 

75 

State  of  Man    

I         " 

75 

Churchils  Sermon    .    .    . 

I         " 

75 

Account  of  the  Protestant 

Church      

I         " 

75 

Exposition     of     the     39 

Articles      

I         " 

i 

Dodington's  diary    .    .    . 

I         " 

i 

Davies  Cavalry    .... 

I         " 

i 

Simons  military  course  . 

I         " 

i 

[22]   Gentlemens  magazine  . 

3      " 

4    5° 

Library  Catalogue  .    .    . 

i 

i     50 

Transactions  of  the  royal 

humane  Society    .    . 

i      " 

3 

Zimmermans  Survey  .    . 

i      " 

75 

History  of  Barbara      .    . 

i      " 

75 

Ansons  voyage  round  the 

world      

i      " 

i 

Horseman  and  farrier 

i      " 

i 

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D.  c.    D.    c. 

Gordons  Geography    .    .  I     8vo  i 

Kentucky       I  75 

History  of  Virginia      .    .  I  I 

American  Revolution      .  I  I 

Cincinnati I  I 

Political  Tracts    .    .    .    .  I  75 

Remarks  on  the  encroach 
ment   of  the    River 

Thames I  50 

Sharp  on  Crown  law  .    .  I  50 

Common  Sense  &c.     .    .  I  75 

Hardy's  Tablet    .    .    .    .  I       "  75 

Beauties  of  Sterne   .    .    .  I  75 

Peregrin  Pickle    ....  3       "  I     50 

McFingal      i       "  50 

Memoirs    of    the    noted 

Buckhorse     ....  2  i 

Odyssey  (Pope  of  Homer)  5  3 

Miscellanies      i  i     50 

Indostian  Letters  *     .      .  I      vol  50 

Voltairs'    do 1 i       "  50 

Guardian  * 2       "  I 

Beauties  of  Swift *  .    .    .  i  50 

The  Gleener 1 3       "  3 

Miscelanies  * 2       "  i     50 

Lee's  Memoirs     ....  i     8vo  i 

The  Universalist      .    .    .  i  i 

Chesterfield  letters  .    .    .  4       "  2 

Louis  the  I5*h 4       "  3 

Panopticon 3  2 

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Reason  &c    

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Tour      thro'      Great 

Britain   

4 

3 

Female  fortune  hunter 

3 

i 

The  supposed  daughter 

3 

i 

50 

Gillblass    

4 

3 

Columbian  Grammar 

i 

5° 

Frasers  assistant      .    .    . 

i 

5° 

Review  of  Cromwells  life 

i 

75 

Seneca's  morals   .... 

i 

75 

Travels  of  Cyrus      .    .    . 

i 

75 

Miscellanies      

i 

75 

Charles  the  12^       ... 

i 

5° 

Emma    Corbet    (the    2d 

wantg     

2         " 

i 

[23]  Popes  works     

6  I2mo 

2 

Foresters   

i 

5° 

Adams's  defence      .    .    . 

i     8vo 

75 

Butlers  Hudibras     .    .    . 

i 

I 

Spectator  

6      " 

3 

New  Crusoe      

i 

75 

1200 

25 

N9   8 

Philadelphia  Gazette  .    . 

i     fol. 

10 

Pennsylvania  Packet  .    . 

2         " 

12 

Gazette  of  the  U.  States 

IO         " 

40 

Atlas  to  Gutheries  Gram 

mar        

I 

Molls  atlas    

I 

10 

West  India  do      .... 

I 

20 

Genl  Kotographer   .    .    . 

I 

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D.       C.           D.      C. 

Atlas  of  N?  America  .    .  i     fol.  10 

Manoeuvres i     8vo  i 

Military  Instructions  .    .  I       "  50 

Count  Saxe's  plan  for  new 

modeling  the  french 

Army I  50 

Military  disciplin     ...  I     410  2 
Prussian  evolutions      .    .  i  i     50 
Code  of  Military  Stand 
ing  Resolutions    .    .  2       "               4 
Field  Engineer     ....  i     8vo             i     50 

Army  list I  75 

Prussian  Evolutions    .    .  i     4to  2 

Leblonds  Engineer      .    .  2     8vo  3 

Muller  on  fortifications  i       "  2 

Essay   on   field   Artillery 

by  Anderson    .    .    .  i  75 

A  System  of  Camp  dis- 

cription      i  2 

Essay  on  the  Art  of  War  i       "  i 

Treatise     by     Elaine    of 

Military  disciplin  .  .  i  i     50 

List  of  Military  officers 

British  &  Irish  in  1777  i       "  50 

Vallance  on  fortification  i       "  i     50 

Muller  on  Artillery      .    .  i       "  i     50 

D°  on  fortification  .    .  i       "  2 

Militia I       "  i 

American  Atlas    ....  i     fol.  4 

Stubends  regulation     .    .  i     8vo  75 

Traite  cavileer  .  i     fol.  6 


at   Mount    Vernon  3  i 

D.  c.        D.    c. 

[24]  Truxton      on      Latitude 

&c.   &c I     fol.  I     50 

Ordinances  of  the  King         I  2 

Magnetic  Atlas     .    .    .    .        I  I 

Roads  thro'  England      .        I     8vo  I 

Carey's  War  Atlas  ...        I     fol.  75 

Collis's  Survey  of  Roads        I     8vo  50 

Military   Institutions   for 

Officers I       "  50 

Norfolk  Exercise     .    .    .        I  25 

Advice  of  Officers  of  the 

British  Army    ...        I  25 

Webbs    Treatise   on    the 

appointmts     of     the 

army      I  25 

Acts    of   Parliament    re- 

spectg  militia    .    .    .        I  25 

The  Partizan I  50 

Anderson  on  Artillery  in 

French I  25 

List  of  Officers  under  Sf 

W1?1  Howe  in  Amer 
ica  I  25 

The  Military  Guide    .    .        I  50 

The  duties  of  Soldiers  in 

General 3  I     50 

I384     75 

On  the  Table. 

Youngs  Tour 2     8vo  3 

D?  on  Agriculture  .    .     26       " 


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Note.  17  vos   full  bound, 

8  half  and  I  pamphlet  50 

Anderson  on  Agriculture  4     8vo 
(i  vo1    full  bound,  the 

others  in  boards  .  8 

Lisle,s  observations  on 

husbandry     ....  2  3 

Museum  Rusticum      .    .  6  10 

Marshalls  rural  ornament  2  4 

Barlows  husbandry     .    .  2  3 

Kennedy  on  Gardening  .  2  2 

Hale  on  husbandry ...  4  6 

Sentimental  Magazine    .  5  10 

Price  on  the  Picturesque  2  4 

Agriculture 2  2 

Millers  Gardners  Calen 
dar    I       "  2 

Rural  (Economy      .    .    .  I  I 

Agricultural  enquiries     .  I  I 

Maxwells   practical   hus 
bandry       I  2 

Boswell  on  Meadows      .  I  I 

Gentlemans  Farmer    .    .  I  I     50 

Practical        D?    .    .    .    .  ^      "  *     5° 
[25]  Millwright    and    Millers 

guide I  2 

Bordley  on  husbandry    .1  2     25 

Sketches  and  Enquiries  I  2 

Farmers  Complete  guide  I  I 

The   Solitary   or   Cathu- 

sian  Gardner    .    .    .  I  I 

Homers   Illiad   by    Pope 


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wanting) 4     8vo 

Donquixote 4 

Federalist      2 

The  world  displayed  (the 

!^th  wantg)   ....  19  I2mo 

Searches  Essays   ....  2     8vo 

Freneaus  Poems  ....  I 

Cattle  Doctor I 

Steven's  Directory   ...  I 
New  System  of  Agricul 
ture    i 

Columbus's  discovery     .  I 

Moores  Travels    ....  5 
Agricultural    Society    of 

New  York    ....  i     410 

Transactions  of  ditto      .  i 

Annals  of  Agriculture     .  i 
Dundonnales   connection 

between  Agriculture 

and  Chymestry    .    .  i 

Labours  in  husbandry    .  i 
Ace*  of  different  Kinds  of 

Sheep I     8vo 

The  hot  house  Gardner  .  I 
Historical     Memoirs     of 

Frederick  the  2<*  .    .  3 

Treatise  of  Peat  Moss    .  i 
D?  on  bogs  and  swampy 

grounds      I 

Compleat  Farmer    ...  i      fol. 


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PAMPHLETS  IN  N?  i 

Reports    of  the  national 

Agricultural   Society 

of  Great  Britain  .    .  100  410  25 

Massechusets  Magazine  41  8vo            6 

New  York          do       .    .  38       "              6 

London               do  .    .    .  18       "  3 

[26]  Political  Magazine.    .    .  8                       i 

Universal  Assylum  ...  9       "               i     50 

D?      Magazine    .    .  n       "               i     50 

Country        do         .    .    .  15       "  2 
Monthly      and      Critical 

Reviews n       "  2 

Gentlemans  Magazine  8       "               i 

Congressional  Register  9       "               i 

Miscellaneous  Magazine  27       "  3 
Tom    Paynes    Rights   of 

Man 43       "  15 

NO  2 

Miscellaneous  Magazine      27       "  4 

BOOKS  IN  LOWER  PART  OF    N?  3 
Hazards      collection      of 

State  papers     .    .    .       2     fol.  5  taken  out 

Morses  American  Gaziteer      i     8vo  2 

Annals    of  Agriculture 

(No.  20  &  21)      .    .       2       "  3  do 

Boucher  on  the  American 

Revolution    ....        i     8vo  i     50 

15  Pamphlets  Annals  of 

Agriculture    ....  2     50 


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D.    c.       D.    c. 

Judge  Peters  on  Plaster 

of  Paris   3   setts    (i 

taken  out)     ....        i     8vo  I     50 

Belknaps  Biography        .1  i     50 

American  Remembrancer       I  50 

Federalist      2       "  I     50 

A  Pamphlet  the  debates 

of  Parliament  on  the 

articles  of  Peace  .    .        i  25 

History  of  the  American 

War  in  17  Pamphlets  i     50 

Miscellaneous  Pamphlets     20       "  2 

Washington    a    Poem    9 

Setts  (2  out)     ...  2 

A  manuscript  on  finance  i 

Bruto   Primo   an   Italian 

Tragedy i  i 

[27]  Fragment  of  Politics  and 

literature    by    Man- 

drillion  in  French   .        i  75 

Revolutions     of    France 

and  Geneva  do    .    .       2       "  2 

History  of  the  Adminis- 

trationof  the  finances 

of    the    french    Re 
public     I  50 

History  of  the  french 

administration      .    .        i  75 

^  The    social    compact    in 

french i  25 

Chattelleaux  travels  in  N. 

America  do  ....       2       "  i     50 


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I  Pamphlet  of  the  french 

Revolution  atGeneva  25 

America       delivered       a 

Poem  in  french   .    .       2     8vo  I     50 

Sinclairs  Statystics  do     .        i       "  i 

The  works  of  Monsieur 

Chamouset  do      .    .       2       "  4 

Letters  of  an   American 

farmer  do      ....       3       "  4     50 

Germanichus  do       i       "  25 

Triumph    of    the    New 

World  do       2       "  i     50 

United  States  of  America 

in  German    ....        i       "  T     5° 

Abbe  Rynals  discourse  on 

the  advantage  of  the 

discovery  of  America       i       "  i 

A  German  Book      .    .    .        i       "  25 

The   french   murcury   in 

french 4       "  3 

Essay  on  weight,   meas 
ure  &c 2      "  75 

History  of  England     .    .        2       "  25 
Political  Journal  in  Ger 
man        i       "  50 

Letters    in     french     and 

English    do       ...        i       "  25 

A     disertation     on     the 

Bragans  of  Silks     do       i       "  50 

History      of     the      holy 

Scripture  do       I       "  25 


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D°  of  Gillblass          do  2  8vo 

Telemachus  do  2       " 

Poems  of  M.  Grecourt  do  2       " 

Court  Register  in  English  6  I2mo 
6     pamphlets,     Political 
Jou[r]nal  in  German 

IN  N°  5 

Description  of  a  monu 
ment  i 

Beacon  Hill      ....  i 

Letters  on  the  English 
and  German  lan 
guage  i 

A  family  house  keeper    .        i 

Pamphlets  of  different 
discriptions  .... 

[28]  Maps  Charts  &c. 

Chart  of  the  Navigation  from  the 
Gulph  of  Florida  to  Philad*  (by 
Hamilton  Moore)  and  from  do 
to  Funday  Bay 

Howells  large  Map  of  Pennsylvania 

Griffiths  Map  of  Maryland  and 
Sketch  of  Delaware 

Henry's  Map  of  Virginia 

Bradley's  do  of  the  United  States    . 

Holland's  do  of  Newhamshire      .    . 

Ellicots  Map  of  the  west  end  of  lake 
Ontario 


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Hutchins  Map  of  the  western  part  of 
Virgin3-  Pennsylvania,  Maryland 
and  North  Carolina 3 

Adlum  and  Wallaces  Map  of  Penn 
sylvania  2 

Map  of  Kennebec  River  &c?    ...  i 

Andrews,  Military  Map  of  the  seat 

of  War  in  the  Netherlands  .    .  i 

Howells  small  Map  of  Pennsylvania  2 

Great    Canal    between    Forth    and 

Clide      2 

Plan  of  the  line  between  North  Caro 
lina  and  Virginia 2 

McMurrays  Map  of  the  United  States  3 

Military     plans    of    the    American 

Revolution 8 

Evans's  map  of  Pennsylvania,  New 

Jersey  New  York  and  Delaware  i 

Plan  of  the  Mississippe  from  the  River 

Iverville  to  the  River  Yazous     .  2 

Maps  of  India 5 

Sundry  Plans  of  Federal  City  and 
District 

Chart  of  France      I 

Maps  of  the  World 50 

Map  of  the  State  of  Connecticut      .  2 

Spanish  Maps      50 

[29]  Map  of  Holland i 

Table  of  Commerce  and  Population 

of  France 50 

Battle  of  the  Nile,  &c I 


at   Mount    Vernon  39 

D.    C.         D.        C. 

Routs  and  order  of  Battle  Gen1  Sin 
clair  and  Harmer I 

Truxton  on  the  rigging  of  a  Frigate  I 

View  of  the   encampment  of  West 

Point      50 

Emblematic  Prints  by  D^  Buxton    .  4 

Prints  of  Washington  and  la  Fayette 

Plan   of  the   Government   house  of 

New  York 50 

Chase  and  action  between  the  Con 
stellation  and  Insurgeant  2  prints  4 

Gen|  Wilkinsons  Map  of  Part  of  the 

Western  Territory I 

Plan  of  Mt  Vernon  by  Jn9  Vaughan  I 

Specimen  of  Penmanship 50 

Plans  of  the  Federal  City  and  District  5 

i  Large  Dfl      3 

Plan    of   the    City    of   New    York, 

Panocticon 50 

Hoops  Map  of  the  State  of  New  York  i 

Howells  Pocket  Map  of  the  State  of 

Penns3 2 

French  Map  of  the  Carolina's      .    .  2 

Fry  and  Jeffersons  Map  of  Virginia  2 

Howells  Small  map  of  Pennsylvania  2 

A  map  of  New  England 2 

[30]  9  Maps  of  different  parts  of  Virginia 
and  Carolina  and  a  number  of 
loose  maps  and  Charts,  &c.  &c.  52 

Carltons  Map  (2  Setts)  of  the  Coasts 

of  North  America   .  8 


4O  An   Inventory   of  Articles 

D.   c.       D. 

Treatise  on  Cavalry  with  large  Cuts  50 

Walkers  view  in  Scotland      ....  3 

A  large  Port  folio  with  sundry  engra8  40 

Alexanders  Victories  and  6  prints    .  100 

8  Reames  large  folio  Paper  ....  40 

2  do  small  do 8 

13  do  letter  do 39 

5  Whole  Packages  Sealing  Wax      .  5 

5  leaden  Paper  presses 

6  Blank  Books 18 

13    do    Small 2 

I  large  Globe 50 

1  Trunk      6 

2266  2266 

Books  Omitted. 

Dictionary   of  Arts    and     V« 

Sciences 4     8vo  20 

Smolletts  History  of  Eng 
land    ii  ii 

Handmaid  to  the  Arts    .  2 

Bencrofft  on  permanent 

color5 i  i 

One  Theodolite   ....  50 

[31]  In  the  Closet  under  Franks 
direction 

24  China  Dishes      15 

2  butter  boats 25 

20               deep  plates      3 

48      "        shallow  do       8 

2  sallad  dishes 50 


at   Mount    Vernon  41 

D.  c.        D.    c. 

8  China  Pickle  Plates 50 

10  "        Custard  Cups I 

48  Saucers  ) 

25  Cups       \ 

i  Tea  Pot 50 

I  Egyptian  China  do 50 

1  Glass  Bowl 10 

6  China  Mugs       i     50 

2  do    Soup  dishes 3 

5  Tart  Moulds 5 

1  Plated  Tea  board I 

In  the  Cellar 

2  lamps 2 

i  B11  Turpentine 2 

20  Pickle  Pots      9     50 

1 1  Butter  do 5 

8  Soap  Jarrs       25 

7  Pickle  Pots      35° 

Up  the  Kitchen  Stairs 

I  Iron  Stue  pan 50 

3  do   Sauce  do i     50 

6  Tin  Covers      10 

[32]    4  Naples  biscuit  Pans 4 

i  Copper  egg  boiler      I 

front  of  a  Dutch  oven      3 

6  Cake  pans 10 

1  Tin  Kettle i 

2  Sugar  Cake  pans 4 

2  Clay  Milk  pans      10 


42  An   Inventory   of  Articles 

D.    c. 

1  Old  Chair 5 

14  forks  and  3  knives 50 

2  Doz.  pewter  Candle  moulds     .    .  6 

10  Chaffin  Dishes 2     50 

I  prAnd  Irons 5 

i  Jack 5 

6  Spits 6 

i  fender 25 

Pr  Tongs  and  Shovel 

i  Salamander 

1  Grate 75 

2  Coffee  Toasters      2 

2  baking  Pans 25 

3  Irons  like  hooks 25 

1  Door  of  a  dutch  oven 25 

2  Stands  for  ditto      25 

1  Kitchen  Boiler 10 

2  Preserving  Pans 8 

i  Griddle i 

7  Blls  Toe  yarn 10 

I  Still      5 

1  Canister  Pattepan      I 

2  Pewter  Ice  Cream  Pots     ....  3 

8  Tin         do  I 

6  d°  Baking  Pans 16 

3  Copper      d°  I  80 

[33]    *  Tin  dutch  oven 25 

10  Scallop  Cups 10 

3  Coffee  Pots 25 

1 8  Blumonge  Cups 50 

i  Copper  Stue  Pan 3 


at   Mount    Vernon  43 

D.  c.       D.     c. 

2  Pea  Strainer 10 

2  Whorfling  Irons I 

2  Copper  Stue  Pans      2 

4  Chairs      i     50 

i  Tea  Table i 

Bed  and  Bedstead 30 

1  Dressing  Glass 50 

And  Irons,  shovel, Tongs  and  Fender  2  42     20 

In  the  Kitchen 

9  Pots      12 

2  Tea  Kittle 2 

9  Pewter  Plates i     50 

7  Dishes      2     50 

3  Copper  Sauce  Pans 4     50 

2  Spits 4 

1  fish  kettle 4 

3  Grid  Irons 3 

2  Frying  Pans 2 

3  Dutch  Ovens      4 

i  Marble  Mortar 15 

1  Bell  Metal  d<> 3 

2  Skillets 8 

3  Iron  Stue  Pans 3 

2  Dripping   do I 

2  Cullendars 50 

I  Griddle I 

1  Marble  Slab 5 

5  pr    pot  hooks I 

3  Trivets     .    .  75 

2  Supports  for  the  Spit 5 


44  ^n   Inventory  of  Articles 

D.  c.        D.    c. 

1  pr  And  Irons I 

2  Shovels i  84     75 

[34]    2  Pine  Tables i     50 

3  ladles I 

I  Skimmer      33 

6  Iron  Spoons i 

9  Skewers 33 

I  Peper  box,  i  drudge  do    ....  5 

1  fire  Skreen i 

2  Clevers I 

I  Safe      3 

I  pr  Scales  and  Weights I     50 

4  Tubs i 

5  Buckets i 

3  Piggans  and  i  brewg   kettle    .    .  8 

1  Jack  and  chain 10  30     71 

In  the  Wash  house 

9  Tubs 45° 

4  Pails 75 

2  Piggans 50 

4  Tables      7 

2  Boilers 20  32     75 

In  the  Office 

3  Old  Chairs      50 

I  Pine  Writing  desk 2 

I  Press I     50 

i  Bed  and  Bedstead 20  24 


at   Mount   Pernon  45 

D.  c.        D.    c. 
In  Store  house 

39  reap  hooks 13 

5  New  Scythe  blades 2     50 

22  Old     do       i     10 

2  Plate  holders 2 

2  Pots      3 

2  New  Tubs I 

i  Old  Gun 50 

1  barrel  old  Iron  and  Copper     .    .  I  24     IO 
[35]     i  Grind  Stone 2 

2  bolts  rope  Yarn      5 

1  New  constructed  hoe i 

6  Doz.  Pewter  Plates 6 

18  dishes       6 

5  B'ls  Partly  full  of  nails      ....  30 

2  Marble  Slabs      2O 

I  Doz  old  Stock  locks      i 

i  Jugg  Oil  I 

1  Steel  malt  mill  and  fly      ....  5 

2  hay  knives 50 

I  Cutting  Knife 25 

I  Old  Bell 25 

Part  of  2  boxes  Glass 2     50 

I  Potatoe  Sifter I 

I  copper  plate  drier      2 

22  Pewter  Warmers 1 1 

4  New  and  2  old  wheat  fan  seives  .  3 

1  Roll  wire 50 

2  copper  Spouts 2 

4  Sheets  Wire 10 

6  foot  Stoves 3 


4 6  An   Inventory   of  Articles 

D.  c.        D.    c. 

2  pr  Scales,  (i  wood)  and  wts     .    .  5 

4  Franklin  Tops 4 

A  parcel  harrow  hoes 4 

I  Doz.  bedstead  Screws 2 

7  Screw  augers 42 

5  Common  d° 80 

I  Stone  Saw 50 

i  Whip    d°      I 

I  Wood  d° 50 

1  bundle  carriage  reins 10 

40  Brass  rods 6     40       147     82 

[36]    3  hook  bills 75 

4  Doz  old  plain  Irons       i     50 

Quantity  small  brass  nails   ....  25 

2  pr  brass  hinges  and  3  brass  locks  7 

2  Japan  and  3  old  brass  locks    .    .  I     50 

2  wharffling  Irons I 

10  pr  Iron  Hinges 5 

2  Doz  brass  Screws 4 

2  window  fasteners 50 

2  doz  old  Small  plain  Irons     ...  72 

8  Screw  plates 80 

i  Cart  wheel  box 25 

1  beam  for  Scales      3 

3  Hackles 4 

2  pump  boxes 75 

8  Pieces  Sheet  Copper 5 

3  Plow  hoes 3 

i  Pump  for  a  Greenhouse   ....  3 

i  Set  of  bed  Screws  &c i    50 

I  Paper  large  brads      10 


at   Mount    Vernon  47 

D.  c.        D.    c. 

Part  of  a  barrel  allum      I 

box  figures  plaister 2 

do  pounded  d° 33 

Empty  Chest 50 

Green  Carriage  Seat 25 

Chafing  dish 50 

4  empty  Jarrs I 

I  surveyors  Staff I 

6  Mahoganey  Waiters 2 

Some  Stuccoe  Moulds 50 

4  Irons  belonging  to  Plows      ...  2 

[37]     2  large  Baskets I 

1  Elegant  French  horn 15 

2  Saddle  Cloths 50 

1  Blind  bridle  without  reins    ...  50 

2  Irons  for  a  franklin I 

2  lignam  vitae  balls I 

2  old  Spye  Glasses 50 

10  leather  canteens 10 

1  do  Trunk 10 

4  Pack  Saddles      4 

2  bags  and  2  leather  valices  contg 

Markee  Tents  &c 100 

1  Small  leather  bag 50 

3  pr  old  holsters 25 

2  fringed  leather  housings    ....  I 

4  Halters 40 

I  pr  bellows 50 

30  yds  bagging 5 

6olb  Sheet  Copper 30 

Tin  Clever  Machine I  182     15 


48  An  Inventory  of  Articles 

D.    C.         D.       C. 

In  Servants  Hall 

6  Camp  Seats I 

2  Walnut  Tables 4 

2  Presses 6 

6  fire  buckets 9 

I  pr  And  Irons      4  24 

[38]  Gardners  house 

I  Bed,  2  bedsteads,  walnut  Table 

and  i  Chair 20 

Overseers  house 

1  Bed,  beadstead  and  2  Chairs  .    .          15 

In  Salt  house 

14  Iron  Rods 12 

4  Screw  bolts I 

2  Iron  plow  beams  I  colter  and  2 

Shares 3 

A  few  old  Scythe  blades 16 

2  cw*   Iron      12 

2  old  Seives  and  a  quanty  rope      .  200 

3  Pieces  Cast  Iron 4 

I  Old  bellows i 

i  Chest 50 

I  Hogshead 50 

i  Tierce 25       269     41 

In  Black  Smiths  Shop 

i  New  Bellows 15 

i  Anville 4 


at   Mount    Vernon  49 

D.  c.        D.    c. 

2  Vices 8 

I  Buck  Iron 2 

4  Hammers 2 

6  pr  Tongs       2 

4  Rasps  —  old 50 

3  Screw  Plates i     50 

5  Nail  moulds 50 

Some  old  Iron 2 

i  Scotch  Plow 4                41     50 

[39]  44lb  I5OZ  Silver  plate 900 

Plated 

2  bottle  stands 2 

1  large  Waiter 

2  do  2<*  size 6 

4  do 8 

I  Bread  basket 

I  fish  knife 2 

6  Salt  stands 12 

4  Bottle  Sliders 4 

i  Coffee  Urn 8 

i  Tea  d°       20 

4  pr  high  candle  sticks 40 

3  pr  chamber  d° 9 

1  Sett  Castors 20 

2  Cream  Dishes 6 

2  Sugar  dishes 

2  Mustard  Pots 4 

7  Salts 17 

Wine  Strainer i     50 

I  Cream  Pott 3 

I  Snuffer  Stand  i 


50  An   Inventory  of  Articles 

D.  c.        D.    c. 

i  Muffin  dish 3 

1  Tea  Urn      50 

2  pr  high  Candlesticks 30 

i  pr  small     d° 3 

I  lamp 10 

i  Bread  Basket 10 

i  Ladle 50 

1  pr  large  Coolers      60 

2  pr  small     d° 60 

1  Waiter 10             1324 

[40]  River  Farm 

5  Mares 115 

15  Working  Mules      900 

2  Young   do 60 

14  Working  Oxen 140 

2  Oxen  fatting  40  D.  I  bull  40  ..  80 

19  Cows 190 

II  Stears  3  years  old      no 

6  do     2     do 48 

5  Heifers  3  do 50 

6  do     2     do 42 

5  Bull  calves      15 

4  Cow     do 12 

in  Sheep 222 

7  Sows 42 

i  Boar 2     50 

n  large  Shoats 38     50 

26  Small     d° 26 

8  Plows 20 

14  pr  Iron  Traces 14 


at   Mount    Vernon  5 1 

D.  c.        D.    c. 

8  large  and  small  Trees  for  d°    .    .  4 

2  large  harrows      6 

8  small    do      16 

9  leading  lines 9° 

3  Ox  carts 60 

4  chairs 4 

1  Horse  Cart  and  Gear 5 

2  Dutch  fans      20 

I  Cutting  Box  and  knifes    ....  3 

1  half  bus1  measure 50 

8  Axes 4 

2  Mortising  Axes 50     2250     90 

[41]  20  weeding  and  hilling  hoes     ...  3 

2  spads  and  3  Shovels  old   ....  50 

6  Mattoxs i     50 

8  Iron  teeth  Rakes 33 

3  pr  mauling  wedges 2     25 

i  pr  Steel  Yards i 

15  bags  much  worn 3     75 

I  Corn  barrel 5° 

1  Tierce 5° 

2  Barrels i 

i  flax  brake i 

I  Grindstone      2 

i  Roller 5 

6  Milk  Pans 48 

i  Gun      4 

I  old  handsaw 5° 

3  reap  hooks 75 

3  Augers  i  bill  hook  and  a  Gouge  i 

i  Driller  or  Plow  to  open  furrows  I  30     06 


52  An    Inventory  of  Articles 

D.    c.         D.    c. 
Muddy  hole  Farm 

2  old  Mares 7 

6  Mules 300 

7  Oxen 70 

i  Bull      15 

9  Cows 90 

I  Young  bull  a  year  old 8 

4  Stears  2  years  old      28 

4  Heifers  2       d° 24 

4  do       I       d° 12 

I  Calf      2 

74  Sheep  all  last  years  lambs    ...  ill 

5  Sows 23 

i  Boar 2              692 

[42]    9  large  shoats  (pened) 18 

25  Shoats  and  pigs      17 

4  Plows 3 

8  pr  Iron  Traces 8 

large  and  small  Trees  for  4  d?  .    .  2 

One  large  harrow      3 

I  small   d°      i     50 

i  Roller i     25 

4  Axes -.    .  2 

10  Mataxes 5 

1  Shovel      10 

2  Dung  forks 50 

1  Dutch  Fan      10 

10  hilling  hoes 2     50 

7  Bags i     75 

2  mauling  wedges      75 

i  Cross  Cut  Saw 3 


at  Mount    Vernon  53 

D.   c.      D.       c. 

i  Handsaw 50 

1  Ox  Cart 15 

2  Ox  Chains       2 

i  Cutting  Box  and  Knife    ....  2 

i  half  bus'  measure 50 

i  Grind  Stone 75       100     60 

Doguerun  Farm 

i  Old  mare 5 

i  Mare 40 

1  do  useless 

9  Working  Mules      495 

2  young  do 80 

15  oxen  @  12  $ 180 

i  Bull      15 

18  Cows 180 

i  Young  Bull 7             1002 

[43]     8  Stears  2  years  old 56 

17  Heifers  2  do       119 

6  Heifer  Calves      21 

6  Bull   do       21 

I  Young  Calf 2 

63  Sheep 126 

5  Plows 5 

8  pr  chains      8 

large  and  small  trees  for  4  pr     .    .  2 

1  large  harrow 2     50 

2  small   do      3 

1  Corn  barrel 75 

2  Cultivators 6 

8  Bags 2 


54  -An   Inventory  of  Articles 

D.    c.        D. 

1  Dutch  Fan      8 

2  Rollers 6 

4  Axes i     25 

6  Mattocks 2 

12  Weeding  and  hilling  hoes     ...  2 

5  Iron  teeth  Rakes 20 

3  Dung  forks i 

4  mauling  wedges      2 

1  old  handsaw 50 

2  do  augers  and  I  chizzel  ....  50 
i  Cutting  Box  and  Knife     ....  i     50 
I  Reap  hook 10 

1  half  bus1  measure 10 

2  Ox  Carts 30 

4  chains  for  d°       4               464 

[44]  Union  Farm 

3  working  horses 75 

i  Brood  Mare 15 

12  working  Mules 555 

1  Mule  Colt  2  years  old 60 

2  Mare  Colts  3  years  old     ....  60 

2    do      do      I  year  old 30 

2  horse  do      i    do        35 

12  Oxen 108 

20  Cows 200 

i  Bull      50 

I  Ox  fatting 12 

i  Cow   do 15 

4  Stears  2  years  old      28 

8       do     i  year  old 40 


at   Mount    Vernon  55 

D.    c.     D.       c. 

8  Heifers  2  years  old 56 

13  do     i         do  45     5° 

8  Bull  Calves  near  I  year  old     .    .  24 

3  heifers     do             do              ...  9 

106  Sheep 212  1682     50 

A    T,          (  i  Young  horse   .  60 
At  Ferry  1 

(  I  old     do  12     50 

1 1  Sows 66 

i  Boar 2 

i  Barrow  and  10  Shoats  (Penned)  33 

20  Shoats  and  2  Pigs      21 

8  Plows 20 

12  pr  Iron  Traces 12 

8  large  and  small  Trees 4 

i  large  harrow 2     50 

[45]     3  small  harrows 4     50 

i  Big  Plow 3 

1  Double  mould  board  d°    .    .    .    .  3 

2  Rollers 6 

I  Dutch  fan 12 

I  Corn  barrel 75 

14  Bags  much  worn 35° 

7  Axes 35° 

i  Mortising  do 25 

3  pr  Mauling  Wedges 2     25 

9  Mattocks 4     50 

16  Hilling  hoes 2     66 

I  Pattent  Plow  and  harrow     ...  4 

3  Ox  Carts 60 

3  Chairs      3 

1  Spade 50 

2  Dung  Forks 67       114-8 


56  An   Inventory  of  Articles 

D.    c.    D.       c- 
Distillery 

10  Oxen        85 

16  Cows 128 

2  bull  Calves      30 

2  heifer  do      30 

r   i  Spade 50 

Mill    ]    4  Augers       50 

\.   Parcel  old  Tools     ....  50 

i  Cart  and  Chain      12 

Coopers  Tools  &c 8     18 

hogs  large  and  small  96 1 80     33 

5800  b11  Staves 58               532     38 

[46]  Mansion  house 

5  Sets  of  harness  for  2  horses     .    .  200 

i  Coachee 250 

1  Charriot 300 

4  Coach  horses 450 

3  Riding     do 220 

2  Hack        do 70 

i  Brood  mare 40 

1  Steed 100 

2  Covering  Jacks 800 

1  Jack  5  years  old 250 

2  do    4     do 450 

1  do    i      do 200 

2  do   Colts 160 

11  Jennets 950 

I    do   Colt      30 

10  Working  Mules      750 

9  Cows 175 


at   Mount   Fernon  57 

D.     c.     D.       c. 

i  Calf      2 

I  Bull  ioo 

28  Sheep 70 

13  lambs  4  33 

I  Sow 10 

1  Waggon  and  Gear 60 

2  Carts  and  Gears 25 

3  Cutting  boxes 12 

I  half  bus  Measure 10 

1  Measure,  i  side  a  Peck  and  the 

other  a  % 50 

8  axes      4 

4  Mattocks 2 

5  hilling  hoes 84 

4  mauling  Wedges I     5° 

3  mortising  Axes 75 

8  Spades 4 

2  Old  Shovels 25 

3  Iron  Pitch  forks 50     5692     77 

[47]  18  old  bags i     80 

4  wheel  barrows I 

i  Scow 40 

i  large  boat 2O 

I  old  fishing  Boat 5 

i  new     do       40 

i  Yoal 75  182     80 

Green  house  loft. 

27  Cradles  with  Scythes 27 

i  Flax  wheel 2 

i  Reel  i 


58  An   Inventory  of  Articles 

D.    c.      D.      c. 

3  Flax  Wheels 6 

7  spinning  do 7 

140  bus  Peas  in  all 83     33       126     33 

Fish  house 

65  Empty  hhds 65 

4  do   Tierces 3 

50  Blls  Shad 200 

75   do   Herring 187     50 

25   do   Supposed  as  they  are  in  Hhds  37     50 

9   do  with  Lacey  in  Londonn    .    .  22     50 

8  do  with  Col  Gilpin 20 

5  do  do  Shad 20          553     50 

Barn. 

1  Machine  for  drilling  wheat  ...  3 

2  do      for  Corn I 

i         do      for  Gathering  Clover  seed  I     50 

I         do      for  raking  up  Wheat  2 

A  quantity  of  Timber 6 

D°    Pine  Scantling 50 

D9  Inch  and  quarter  plank     ...  50  113     50 

[48]     i  Turning  laith 8 

10  Axes 10 

3  adze      i     50 

25  large  moulding  Plains 25 

35  Smaller   do         17     50 

3  Plow        do         3 

i  Spring     do         i 

10  Smoothing  do 75° 

4  Old  Irons        40 


at   Mount    Vernon  59 

D.    c.      D.      c. 

18  chizels      72 

3  D°gs    •  5° 

1  Gauge      4 

4  Turning  Gouges 40 

2  p1  Compass 25 

6  handsaws 7 

8  Augers     .    .  i     33 

i  Trow 16 

4  Whip  Saws      10 

1  Grindstone      I     50 

3  hammers      30 

2  Rulers      25 

3  Gauges 9 

Shingles 6 

I  centre  bitt  &c 6 

a  quantity  Brick  in  a  kiln    ....  60 

a  quantity  Oyster  Shells 6 

D°  Turnip       6  174     54 

[49]   In  the  Paint  Cellar 

i  Marble  Slab  and  Grinder     ...  3 

Shoemakers  Tools  in  Shop  i 

Gardners  Tools 

3  Spades     i 

4  Iron  teeth  rakes i 

I  Turning  Knife 25 

I  stone  roller      6 

3  small  hoes  and  2  large  do    ...  I 

i  Grubbing   do      50 


60  An   Inventory  of  Articles 

D.  c.       D.    c. 

Reel  and  line 25 

2  Watering  pots 2 

I  Pump  for  Green  house 2 

I  Wheel  barrow 2 

1  Edging  Iron      25 

2  pair  Shears I  21       25 

Amount  carried  forward     .    .  $27,158.34 

The  whole  Number  of  Negroes  left 
by  Genl.  Washington  in  his  own  right 
are  as  follows : 
40  Men 
37  Women 
4  Working  boys 
3    do  Girls 
40  children 


124  Total 

Which  Mrs.  Washington  intending 
to  liberate  at  the  end  of  the  present 
Year,  can  only  be  valued  for  the  Ser 
vice  of  the  Working  Negroes  for  one 
year. 
[50]  Amount  brought  forward  ....  $27,158.34 

To  this  sum  must  be  added  the 
amount  of  the  following  Articles 
which  were  not  extended  in  the  In 
ventory  when  the  foregoing  was  cast 
up,  To  wit: 

Books      omitted      and      a 

Theodolite $84 


at   Mount    Vernon  61 

D.    c.      D.      c. 
Bank       Stock,       United 

States  Stock,  Potomac 

and       James       River 

Shares    ....  29.212 

Cash  on  hand 254.70 

Addition  to  Gold  Buckles 

and  Knee  buckles    .    .     200.00 
Diamond  Eagle        ...     387  30,137.70 

$57,296.04 

In  obedience  to  the  annexed  Order  of  Court,  we  the  Sub 
scribers  being  duly  sworn,  having  viewed  and  appraized  all 
the  personal  Property  of  the  late  General  George  Washington 
dec1.1  which  was  presented  to  us  for  that  purpose,  agreeably 
to  the  foregoing  Schedule. 

Thomson  Mason 
Tobias  Lear 
Thomas  Peter 
W™  H.  Foote 

[51]      At   a   Court   held   for  Fairfax  County  the  2Oth   day  of 
August  1810. 

This  Inventory  and  appraisement  of  the  Estate  of  George 
Washington  deceased  Returned  and  ordered  to  be  Re 
corded,  teste 

Wm  Moss  Cl 


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